NPSC 2024 CE SESSIONS

ACPE UAN – TBD
TUE NOV 19 7:30p– 8:30P
Title:  Scope of Practice Issues: Expanding the Practice of Pharmacy 
Presenter: Ron Lanton, Esq, NPSC General Counsel & Advocacy Director, Lanton Law
Learning Objections:               

  • Learn what a possible full scope of practice would look like. 
  • Identify the barriers to obtaining the full scope of practice.
  • Discuss payment policy changes including proposed legislation. 
  • Understand possible pitfalls that may threaten your license.

ACPE UAN – 0459-9999-24-016-L03-P/T
WED NOV 20 9A – 10A
Title:  Challenging Goliath: Understanding Litigation and Regulatory Challenges to PBM
Dominance
Presenter: John Roberti, J. D., Partner in Cohen and Gresser, Washington, DC
Learning Objections:
Recognize the legal and regulatory landscape related to potentially anticompetitive PBM Activities.

  • Recognize the legal and regulatory landscape related to potentially anticompetitive PBM Activities.
  • Describe the potential legal rights that pharmacies may have against PBMs.
  • Explain the methods that antitrust enforcement agencies, such as the DOJ, FTC and State Attorneys General, assess cases.
  • Recognize potential anti-competitive conduct so that pharmacies may bring it to the attention of appropriate regulators or challenge it directly.

ACPE UAN – 0459-9999-24-017-L04-P/T
WED NOV 20 – 10A – 11A
Title: Preventing and Preparing for Audits in 2025 and Beyond
Presenter: Trenton Thiede PharmD, MBA, President, PAAS National, LLC
Learning Objectives – FINAL:

  • Review common PBM audit discrepancies and current trends.
  • Recognize drug procurement challenges.
  • Identify biosimilars and their interchangeability.

ACPE UAN – 0459-9999-24-018-L04-P/T
WED Nov 20 1P – 2P
Title of Presentation: Maximizing Non-dispensing Revenue In Community Pharmacy
Presenter: Randy McDonough, PharmD, MS, BCGP, BCPS, FAPhA; CEO, Towncrest Pharmacy Corporation
Learning Objectives:

  • Identify new sources of non-dispensing revenue.
  • Discuss disruptive practice and business models in community-based pharmacy.
  • Review components of a value-based contract.
  • Assess opportunities within the pharmacy to maximize non-dispensing revenues.

ACPE UAN – 0459-9999-24-019-L04-P/T
WED NOV 20 2:15P – 3:15P
Title of Presentation: The Fundamentals of Pharmacy Accounting: Essential Principles for Long-Term Success
Presenter: 
Scotty W. Sykes, Vice President, Sykes & Company, P.A.
Learning Objectives:

  • Describe how to build, read and know the information from a balance sheet and a profit & loss statement.
  • Recognize the ways cash flow moves within your pharmacy.
  • Identify the key performance indicators (KPIs) within your balance sheet and profit & loss statement.
  • After identifying the KPIs, explain ways to improve your KPIs.

ACPE UAN – 0459-9999-24-020-L04-P/T
NOV 20 3:30P – 4:30P
Title of Presentation – Community Pharmacy Opioid Strategies and Programs
Presenter – John Croce, RPh, CPESN USA, LLC, Regional PPP Lead / Client Support Lead Drug Trial
Learning Objectives:

  • List the components of an opioid stewardship program that a pharmacy can implement.
  • List the components of an opioid overdose prevention program that a pharmacy can incorporate.
  • Recognize the Grant Opportunities from an Opioid Settlement Fund that a pharmacy can access to fund their stewardship and prevention program.

 


Accreditation Statement

The Institute for Wellness and Education, Inc., is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education and will be the accrediting body for CPE credit for designated sessions at this event.

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